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> Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 16:56:20 -0400
> From: daniel yacg com > To: gimp-user-list gnome org > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] DON'T HATE the new save vs. export behavior > > Agreed on that point. > > But since you brought up the tabbed interface, I thought I would bring > up an expectation/usability problem I came across while looking 2.8.0 > over... (I'm still learning it actually... not enough time to really sit > and play... when I use it, there is a purpose and a limited amount of time.) > > I wanted to use the single window option. And when I wanted to copy a > layer from one tab to another, I wanted to be able to grab the layer > from the layer panel, drag it and drop it onto a tab. It doesn't work. > What works, I figured out eventually, is holding it over a tab until it > becomes selected and then I can drop onto the canvas. It's not > "intuitive" if I expected one behavior and it didn't work... well, > that's my opinion anyway. I'm quite sure the current method of > operation is deliberate, though, as the expected behavior seems too > obvious. So I'd be interested to know the reasoning behind not doing it > that way. Perhaps there is a very good reason I haven't thought of yet. > (Always a possibility) > As a quick comparison, Windows doesn't allow you to drag-and-drop items directly onto an application's taskbar button either and I don't understand why. I agree with you, if you drag-and-drop a layer onto a GIMP tab (other than the current image) this can and possibly should be interpreted as "paste as new layer in said image". -- Stratadrake strata_ranger hotmail com -------------------- Numbers may not lie, but neither do they tell the whole truth. |